Oscar Wilde

by Alexandra Warwick

Book Overview

Since he first began publishing his work in the 1880s, Oscar Wilde has been a controversial figure. Although celebrated by any of his contemporise for his witty and iconoclastic writing, he was imprisoned and disgraced in 1895 and died in poverty and exile. For much of the twentieth century he was best known for his society comedies, but more recent scholarship has focused on his prose work and identified him as an important figure in such fields...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0746311397
• ISBN13: 9780746311394
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.4"